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UF/IFAS held a forum Oct. 26 to discuss a project to restore an oyster reef known as Lone Cabbage Key. The project is a collaborative effort with U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the University of Florida.

Please help the Cedar Key Arts Center and Cedar Key community by voting for the Old Florida Celebration of the Arts in ArtFairCalendar.com's annual survey.

Last year the event was named one of the Top Ten Art Fairs in America. Being on this list helps attract top artists and art enthusiasts to our annual Spring Arts Festival which in turn helps participating non-profit groups and local businesses in addition to the Cedar Key Arts Center, which serves as the coordinating sponsor.

Members of the CKS Enrichment and Gifted Program tested out their catapults for the Pumpkin Catapult Olympics coming up on Friday. Program members will be competing to see whose catapult can shoot Halloween candy the farthest!

The catapults were designed and built by the students using popsicle sticks, plastic spoons, rubber bands, and glue. The popsicle sticks provide a wedge to give the catapult momentum. The spoons are candy carriers and the rubber bands and glue are used to hold everything together.

From 5 p.m. until 8 p.m., kids of all ages will be able to win prizes playing games like ring toss, cake walk, basketball shoot, and more. To make this event affordable, tickets are just $25 apiece, or buy a bracelet for unlimited games on everything except for the cake walk.

The ribbon cutting for the Big Bend Shellfish Trail was held Saturday Oct. 21 at the Cedar Key Seafood Festival. The Big Bend Shellfish Trail and map was designed to promote tourism, show working waterfronts and the natural features of the Big Bend area. The Big Bend Shellfish Trail highlights coastal towns from Steinhatchee to Yankeetown. Maps can be obtained at the Cedar Key Visitor Center.

The Cedar Key Public Library, Cedar Key Friends and the Cedar Key Arts Center are partnering to bring a program to the library on Wednesday, Nov. 15 at 5 p.m. featuring two speakers from The Veterans Art Center Tampa Bay, which is instrumental in the upcoming show at the Cedar Key Arts Center titled “Warriors.”

A memorial project has been planned for a woman who was former CKS student, cook, bus driver, volunteer and all-around supporter, who spent her life devoted to making sure everyone in Cedar Key was well cared for and well fed.

Thelma McCain died in March. To honor her many contributions to the community, a cook shed is being built at the community center and organizers are accepting donations for the project.

Tickets are no longer available for 'Dining on the Island' Nov. 4. Cedar Key is holding the event as a benefit for the Cedar Key Historical Society and Museum. It features an evening in the garden at the beautifully restored turn-of-the-century, historic Tooke-Hudson Home in Cedar Key. Dinner, drinks, live music and a silent auction are included, starting a 4 p.m. For more information, contact ckhs.director@gmail.com or call 352-543-5549.